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Libellago and Sclerocypha of Sulawesi
Minahasa, northern arm of Sulawesi, in chronological order: 1 O (JvT 4918), Noord
Celebes, Tondano, C. van Braekel, acquired 11 vi 1935; 1 P (JvT 4907), Minahasa,
Manado region, 19 v 1940, L. Coomans de Ruiter; 2 P (JvT 4911-2), Airmadidi, riverbed,
09 vi 1940, L. Coomans de Ruiter; 1 P, 1 O (JvT 4913-4), Minahasa, road
Manado-Tomohon, mountain stream, 450 m, 14 vii 1940, L. Coomans de Ruiter;
2 P (JvT 4916-7), Minahasa, Ranotongkor, fish ponds and fast running stream, 300
m, 02 viii 1940, L. Coomans de Ruiter; 2 P (JvT 4915, 6610), Tanahwangko-Ranotongkor,
04 viii 1940, L. Coomans de Ruiter; 1 P (JvT 4908), Minahassa, Kajoeroja,
100-120 m, 10 xi 1941, F. Dupont; 7 P [in RSME] (JvT 6826-6832), Sulawesi
Utara, River Tumpah and tributary, 220 m, 05/18 iii 1985, R.R. Askew; 3 P (JvT
1759, 4927-8), Dumoga-Bone National Park, Waterfall creek (tributary of river
Tumpah), fast running brooklet with ponded areas, through multistratal evergreen
forest, mainly shaded, boulders and sand, 225-250 m, 21 iv 1985, J. van Tol; 1 P
(JvT 4922), same site, 22 iv 1985; 1 O (JvT 4929), same site, 26 v 1985; 1 P (JvT
4925), Dumoga-Bone National Park, river Tumpah between Waterfall creek and
confluence with river Toraut (UTM XL0062 – 0°34'N, 123°54'E), 200-225 m, middle-sized
river, up to 80 m wide, current velocity up to 1 m/s, large boulders, rapids,
edge of somewhat disturbed multistratal evergreen forest, 23 iv 1985, J. van Tol;
1 P (JvT 4924), same site, 26 iv 1985; 1 P (JvT 4926), same site, 18 v 1985; 2 P
(JvT 4921, 8365), same site, 19 v 1985; 1 P (JvT 4933), Dumoga-Bone National
Park, Tumpah river near Edward's camp, river through undisturbed multistratal
evergreen forest, ca 600 m, 29 iv 1985, J. van Tol; 2 P, 1 O (JvT 4930, 4936, 4931),
same site, 30 iv 1985; 1 O (JvT 4932), same site, 01 v 1985; 1 P, 1 O (JvT 4935,
4934), same site, 03 vi 1985; 1 P, 1 O (JvT 4919, 4920), Dumoga-Bone National
Park, 8 km N of Malibagu, upper course of Sungai Pononontuna ("Restaurant on
Malibagu road"), small stream through semi-cultivated area, 07 v 1985, J. van Tol;
1 P, 2 O (JvT 27749-27751, in IRSN), Dumoga-Bone Nat. Park, River Tumpah,
200m, 22 x 1985, R. Bosmans & J. Van Stalle (I.G. no. 26.977), Station 045; 2 O
(JvT 27752-3, in IRSN), Dumoga-Bone Nat. Park, Gunung Poniki, 1,810 m, 02 xi
1985, R. Bosmans & J. Van Stalle, Station 074 [presumably mislabelled]; 2 P (JvT
27754-5, in IRSN), Dumoga-Bone Nat. Park, Waterfall trail, 280 m, Station 094, 14
xi 1985, R. Bosmans & J. Van Stalle. I.G. no. 26.977. — Localities outside Minahasa,
from north to south: 4 P, 1 O (JvT 4910, 4937-40), Gorontalo, Kwandang,
mountain stream with boulders, shaded forest and open pool, 09 vii 1940,
L. Coomans de Ruiter (same site as holotype); 1 P (JvT 4941), Donggala, 04 i 1941,
J.J. van der Starre; 1 P (JvT 6016, in ZMAN), Onan, Sg. Parabaya, 58 km N of
Majene, strongly disturbed rain forest, 19 xi 1993, J.P. & M.J. Duffels. — Without
precise locality data: 1 P (JvT 4906), Celebes.
Diagnosis
A rather delicate red-coloured Libellago species, the males differing in various respects
from other red Sulawesi Libellago, viz. the unevenly thickened Costa of the
Fw, the bright white tibiae of all legs, and the iridescent black marking of the abdomen.
Similar to Sclerocypha bisignata in various respects; S. bisignata can be distinguished
by its larger size, its unmarked red abdomen, ca 7 Ax between Ax2 and the
nodus, and the dark opaque marking in the Fw at level of nodus.
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